From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 2 11:45:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15812 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:45:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15760 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:44:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jer@jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jer@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA12909; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:44:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:44:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner To: Jaacen cc: "'FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: FTP/Network Installation Question In-Reply-To: <01BDA49C.DBDEB120@user-2108.fiber.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can mirror the necessary files on one of the Win machines on the local network. Install a ftp daemon (WarFTP, or wsftpd, etc) and specify your own ftp URL in sysinstall. On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Jaacen wrote: > I am trying to install 2.2.6 FreeBSD via FTP on an old 486 at work. It has a connection to the internet through the local network. Unfortunately it is behind a firewall and I am having significant difficulties. When I check the 2nd (alt-F2) virtual terminal I see the following: > ... > DEBUG: Found DNS entry for ftp.FreeBSD.org successfully... > DEBUG: Shutdown called for network device de0 > writing to routing socket: No such process > Delete net default : not in table > ... network not reachable. > the machine does not have a CD-ROM drive and time is an issue (or I would just order the walnut creek CD and find a CD-ROM drive to use). > What are my options at this point? > I don't understand NFS??? All other machines on network are MS Windows NT/95. Can I download the files to another machine and use the LAN??? or can I do something differently and use FTP. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message